Everyone Should Have a Right to Food

Support the recognition of the Right to Food in the United States.

Goal:25,000•Progress:5,400

Sponsored by:The Hunger Site

The right to food ensures peoples' right to access adequate food sources and feed themselves in dignity. It protects all humans from hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. Today, 106 countries recognize the right to food through either constitutional agreements or the approval of various international treaties that protect the right to food.

The United States is one of few nations left in the world that has made no recognition to the right to food. Feeding America estimates that there are approximately 49 million Americans living in food insecure households: 33.1 million adults and 15.9 million children. That's approximately 14.5% of American households, or 1 in 6 people, struggling with hunger in the "land of plenty".

As a nation that claims a superior human rights record, this is simply unconscionable. No one should go hungry in the wealthiest nation in the world.

It's time the United States led by example in the fight against hunger rather than trailing far behind the rest of the world. Tell President Obama and UN Ambassador Samantha Power you support the recognition of the right to food and ask them to draft legislation or approve international treaties that protect this critical human right.

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I am stunned to discover that the United States is currently in an extreme minority of nations which do not recognize the right to food. With approximately 49 million Americans living in food insecure households, one in six Americans is struggling with hunger and malnutrition while being denied this critical human right.

Hunger robs people of their health and productivity. It is one of humanity's most basic needs. As a result, the right to food is of extreme importance to the wellbeing of the United States' people.

I urge you both to work together to find the best avenue available, whether through national legislation or the approval of international treaties, to make the right to food a reality in the United States. The recognition of this right is an investment in the wellbeing and future of the nation.

Please, make the right to food a national priority and help end from hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in the "land of plenty".

Thank you,

Petition Signatures

Aug 2, 2015Boris Blagojevic

Aug 2, 2015Boris Blagojevic

Aug 2, 2015Abdullah ibn Musa Islam

Aug 1, 2015Linee DeMouy

Aug 1, 2015nikki halverson

Jul 31, 2015(Name not displayed)

Jul 31, 2015Gina Tlamsa

Jul 30, 2015Lorena Songcayawon

Jul 30, 2015Olga Madzarevic

Jul 29, 2015Dana Earnest

Jul 28, 2015colleen borgesano

Jul 27, 2015Mary Morgan

Jul 24, 2015Pamela Welch

Jul 23, 2015Georgia P WilliamsEveryone has a basic right to food! And we have it available. If only we'd give it to those who go hungry, instead of dumping it! What excuse is there for that?

Jul 22, 2015Linda VieraWhy do we have hunger in our country???? I work at a school that services poverty stricken families. Many of our kids only eat breakfast and lunch . Don't see how what they feed them could be nutritious! Most go all weekend w/o food!!!!

Jul 22, 2015DOUG SNYDER

Jul 22, 2015(Name not displayed)

Jul 21, 2015(Name not displayed)

Jul 21, 2015Maribel Lafuente

Jul 21, 2015Jovita FuentesIn this country of the USA, where resources are immense, we should not have people who.go hungry and homeless.

Jul 19, 2015Antonino Gentile

Jul 18, 2015Reneda BaerThere is absolutely NO reason for anyone going without food. Such a basic necessity should always be available. Before we even consider helping in any other way, food insecurity EVERYWHERE should be resolved.

Jul 18, 2015Connie Newcombe

Jul 16, 2015Paul Hatarik

Jul 16, 2015Victoria Miniaci

Jul 14, 2015(Name not displayed)Food is a necessity and everyone should have the right to eat.

Jul 14, 2015El Sierzega

Jul 11, 2015Sandra Ainsley

Jul 6, 2015Carissa Harper

Jul 6, 2015john crouch

Jul 6, 2015Robin Dosanjh

Jul 5, 2015Marci Turner

Jul 5, 2015Chris Sterry

Jul 4, 2015Sandra Loud

Jul 3, 2015(Name not displayed)

Jul 3, 2015Justine WalshWe need to institute the right to food. We have a constitution that offers a ray of rights, and the right to food needs to be instituted into our constitution !